The Rural Municipality of Ellice is a former

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(RM) in the

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of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated

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with the RM of Archie and the Village of St. Lazare to form the

Rural Municipality of Ellice – Archie The Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie () is a List of rural municipalities in Manitoba, rural municipality (RM) in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It was established in 2015 via the 2015 Manitoba muni ...

. The RM was named after Edward Ellice, Sr., a British merchant and politician. In its northwestern section was a part of the Gambler 63

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Fort Ellice Fort Ellice was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post that operated from 1794 to 1892. It was first established in February 1794 by John Sutherland on the Qu'Appelle River about upstream from its mouth at the Assiniboine River, and known as the Qu ...

, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post built in 1831, was located near the junction of the Assiniboine and Qu'Appelle rivers. It was an important stop on the

Carlton Trail The Carlton Trail was the primary land transportation route in the Canadian Northwest for most of the 19th century, connecting Fort Carlton to Edmonton along a line of intermediate places. It was part of a trail network that stretched from the ...

, which ran from the Red River settlement to Fort Edmonton. It became a

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post in 1875.

Communities

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References

''Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Ellice''

''Map of Ellice R.M. at Statcan''

Ellis Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin. Retrieved 21 January 2014 An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis. It has also been noted to be a Jewish surname. People with the surname include ...

Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub